Collar button



1. s. MEAD. COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 2|. 1921- mdvvra/Px JAMES -S. MEAD, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAM S S. MEAD, a citizen of the United States,-and a resident of the rear of a collar. I

. throu .the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'inCollar Buttons, ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being,

had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oftlns specification." Y

My invention relates to collar buttons or clasps, which are more particularly adapted.

for engagement with the necklband'of a shirt and the rearbuttonhole of-det'achable collars, such as are common in mens wear at There. have been devices of the sameygeneral character asthat of my invention in the past, i. e., strips of metal with tongues for engaging within the'neck band of a shlrt,

and another tongue extending out through the hole in the band, and through the hole n It is the object of my invention to improve upon such devices, making provision for greaterv security in the collar attachment,

simpler manufacture and equal extent of en;-

gagement withthe various parts, and better grasp throughout.

This object I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the device mounted in the neck band of a shirt.

Figure 3 is n a sectional detail taken h the shirt band and collar, as secured together by the button device.

, Figure f is a side elevation of the button device.

Figure 5 is a View of the blank from wh ch the device is made.

The button is formed (Figure of a piece of metalstamped out with a body 1 withtwo tongues or tabs 2, 2, and a third tongue or tab 3 centrally of the body and extending in the same direction as the end tabs 2.

This central tab has a small tongue cut in its body. as atyt, the tongue being pressed outwardly from the tab, so that when the tab 'tice in devices of this nature.

Specification of Letters Patent Patnted Aug 15, 192 2 Application filed Februaryfil, 1921. Seria1 lTo.:446,712. a

is bentover as at 5,'the tongue twill stand.

; Itwill be notedathe tab 3 is bent so as tolie I i over the body ofthe piece, but spaoedaway therefrom, and that no bending or alteration in the tabs 2 is necessary; 1

I l/Vhen in use, the body portion is inserted behind the outer portion of the'neck band'6, a of ashirt 7, with the tongue 3 extendingout 1 through thebutton hole Sin the shirtband. i

The ce liar 9, when placed on the button, is

thrust over it, so that the body of the tongue is taken care ofby-thelargextongue 8; The downward strain or the upward'pulhon the neck band: of the. shirt, is taken care of by; the small tongue 4. U 1 I Due to the fact that the tabs 2, 2, extend upwardly with relation to the downwardly extending tongue 3, therewill be 1110 metal showing beneath the neck band of the shirt, as might readily be the case with narrowneck bands, should the said tabs be turned downwardly, as has been the familiar prao My, entirestructure is very simply formed up by press work, with a mi'nimumof opera} tions and is entirely effective in holding stiff or soft collars t0 theneck bands of shirts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-;

a body p01 in portion between the upward tabs, and a small-tongue formed out and bent upwardly from thesaid bent down tongue, said small tongue being located beyond the line of fold between the'bent down tongue and the body. 1

portion, and in substantially thesame vertical plane as the bent down tongue, as and for;

the purpose "described.

AM s. MEAD? collar from the neck band of shirt, is an upward'pull on the collori-n some case's'and a downward pull on thecollar in others.

The chief strain is the upward one, which 

